Coalition of KP Unions’ delegates
endorse tentative agreement
June 12, 2010 · Posted in Uncategorized · Comment
Over the weekend, 500 delegates representing 30 union locals and 96,000 Kaiser Permanente employees reviewed and unanimously endorsed the tentative agreement on a new, two-year National Agreement. This meeting was the first step toward the coalition unions’ ratification of the new National Agreement.
The tentative agreement now moves to the local unions for voting. Local bargaining will be conducted over the summer to renew the terms of the agreement only, unless, by mutual agreement, the parties decide to discuss non-economic issues. Exceptions to this are UFCW Local 555 and SEIU Local 121RN, which will be addressing specific issues.
If ratified, the contract will go into effect on October 1, 2010.